As a biography of Alice Prin, a fixture of the Bohemian scene in Paris during the 1920s and 1930s better known as Kiki, this graphic novel clearly has done its homework. However, the narrative here feels less like Kiki's life story and more of a connect-the-dots series of vignettes that are illustrative, but still leaving us wondering if there was a greater center to Kiki's life. The artwork does the story few favors as well, unfortunately. And the very detailed appendix somehow feels more informative than the 350+ pages of narrative that preceded it. Alas.